Improvement in the manufacture of shoes



F. ROGERS,

improvement in the Manufacture of Shoes.

11o. 133,119, Parented-Nov.19,1?2.

UNITED STATES FREDBIOK ROGERS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,119, dated November 19, 1872.

To all whom it may concer-n:

Be it known that I, FREDRIGK ROGERS, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Turned Shoes; and I do declare that the following is a true and. accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon and being a part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sole with my channel-plates inserted; Fig. 2 is a plan of the channel-plates; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a turned shoe finished, with a portion of the channel opened to show the clinched points of the nails.

Like letters refer to like parts in each figure.

The nature of this invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture o f what are known as turned shoes; the object of the inventionv being to turn over and clinch the point of every nail in the channel without employin g an iron last or driving the nail through and through. The invention consists in the peculiar flexible steel strips which are inserted in the channels of the sole, and against which the points of the nails come when they are driven, and are thereby turned and clinched or riveted, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing, A represents the sole of a shoe, in which is cut a channel, a, in theusual manner. B B B' B" are narrow strips of steel, the two former being cut to t into the channel at the sides of the sole; the strip B is inserted in the channel at the toe, and B into it around t-he heel. W'hen these strips are inserted they form a continuous plate all around the channel, but do not project from the edges of the sole. v

The soleis tacked,botto1n down, onawooden last,.and the upper O, turned inside out, is lasted over it in the usual manner. The edges b of the upper are then nailed to the sole by nails c, which are driven through the upper and the thick part of the sole. When their points come in contact with the channel-plates the latter cause them to turn over and clinch or rivet, as seen in Fig. 3. The shoe is then taken o' and turned in the usual manner, the channel-plates being withdrawn either before or after turning. Y

The nished shoe has the appearance of a seWed shoe, and is fully as flexible in the sole, while its durability is much greater and it costs much less.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. As a new article of manufacture, a nailed turned shoe, wherein the points of the nails are clinched or riveted in the sole-channel, substantially as shown and set forth.

2. In the manufacture of turned nailed shoes, the method described of clinching or riveting the nails in the channels by the introduction of channel-plates of metal, substantially as described and shown. Y

3. The metallic sectional channel-plates B B B B", substantially as described, for the purposes specified.

- FREDRIGK ROGERS. Witnesses:

H. F. EBERTs, H. S. SPRAGUE. 

